News tagged with memory effect

Battery-powered Christmas carol: A trip down memory (effect) lane

(PhysOrg.com) -- As consumers anticipate unwrapping the latest electronic gadget during the holidays, they may not give much thought to how long their shiny devices will last. But it's a topic under significant ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood simple circuitry for cyborgs

Could electronic components made from human blood be the key to creating cyborg interfaces? Circuitry that links human tissues and nerve cells directly to an electronic device, such as a robotic limb or artificial eye might ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists explain 'Proustian effect' of small details attached to big memories

Neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute of Learning and Memory have uncovered why relatively minor details of an episode are sometimes inexplicably linked to long-term memories. The work is slated to appear in the Jan. ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Self-healing autonomous material comes to life

You've seen it in movies: the human-like, robot assassin quickly regenerates its structure after being damaged beyond recognition. This "Terminator" scenario is becoming less far-fetched as recent advances in structural health ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

An organic transistor paves the way for new generations of neuro-inspired computers

For the first time, French researchers at CNRS and CEA have developed a transistor that can mimic the main functionalities of a synapse.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 22, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (18) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists uncover possible basis of short-term memory

Ben W. Strowbridge, PhD, associate professor of neuroscience and physiology/biophysics, and Phillip Larimer, PhD, a MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Study reveals chemo's toxicity to brain, possible treatment

Researchers have developed a novel animal model showing that four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt the birth of new brain cells, and that the condition could be partially reversed with the growth factor IGF-1.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Smart memory foam made smarter

Researchers from Northwestern University and Boise State University have figured out how to produce a less expensive shape-shifting "memory" foam, which could lead to more widespread applications of the material, such as ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Design tool for materials with a memory

Shape memory alloys can "remember" a condition. If they are deformed, a temperature change can be enough to bring them back to their original shape. A simulation calculates the characteristics of these materials.

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Colossal' Magnetic Effect Under Pressure

(PhysOrg.com) -- Millions of people today carry around pocket-sized music players capable of holding thousands of songs, thanks to the discovery 20 years ago of a phenomenon known as the “giant magnetoresistance ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (23) | comments 3

Progress toward an Alzheimer's drug that saves brain cells

Flanders Institute for Biotechnology scientists connected to the K.U.Leuven, Belgium, have identified a molecule that can form the basis for a new therapy for Alzheimer's disease. This is the first step toward a medicine ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

That gut feeling may actually reflect a reliable memory

You know the feeling. You make a decision you're certain is merely a "lucky guess."

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 08, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2


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